Your chance to actually vote for peace - in Guildford West (John Morris) and in Horsham (Jim Duggan) - for The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment.
Vote for Peace
Quiz Night
Hereford Peace Council quiz.
19.00 for 19.15 start, the winning team will take half the profit.
Day of Dance.
Fundraiser for Yorkshire CND. Over 40 workshops in dance, music, rhythm & therapies.
Britain, the birth of Israel, and the future of Palestine
Public meeting with Sir Vincent Fean, former Consul-General in Jerusalem for the Occupied Territories and Dr Peter Shambrook, Historian.
Community-Led Regeneration
Speaker: Simon Myers, CEO of the Gasworks Dock Partnership. Simon’s talk will include slides, sharing some of his experiences from the grassroots regeneration of Cody Dock in East London.
Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier
Speaker: Jon Day
Ethel Mannin: Feminist, Anarchist, Anti-Fascist
Speaker: Andy Simons.
Carols from the Coalfields.
Speaker / Performer: Chris Harrison. A musical evening, featuring poems by Joseph Skipsey, a self-educated coal miner, set to music by his great-great-grandson, Chris Harrison.
Comrade Morris is not dead!
The Political Life and Thought of William Morris, 1883-1896 Speaker: Colin Waugh. William Morris was active as a socialist from 1883 till his death in 1896.
Alice Wheeldon: convicted of conspiracy to murder Lloyd George - 100 years on, can we clear her name?
Speaker: Chloë Mason
Sound System: The Political Power of Music
With Dave Randall. Musician and activist Dave Randall discusses the power of music as a force for social and political change - how can music serve the interest of the many, rather than the few?
The Punk Kings of Dyslexia
With Stephen Micalef. An evening with infamous poet and punk-zine writer Stephen Micalef, who will be reading from his book The Punk Kings of Dyslexia, and talking all things Sniffin' Glue.
Poet in Residence Launch
With Siana Bangura and Special Guests
The End of Politicians
With Brett Hennig
Cuba at the crossroads: what does the future hold?
With Dr Stephen Wilkinson. Cuba has survived more than 40 years of US sanctions and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Misinformation – Can we limit the impact it has upon our lives?
With Joseph O’Leary. In a world of information technology and social media, the dissemination of so-called ‘facts’ is faster, more insistent and more far-reaching than ever before.
Climate change: how low carbon policies can benefit health
With Professor Andrew Haines. Warming of the climate system, due largely to the burning of fossil fuels and land use change, is now considered by the UN IPCC to be ‘unequivocal’.
Trump and NATO: what should we expect?
Ted Seay, a former arms control advisor at the US Mission to NATO will discuss the up-coming NATO summit in Brussels on 24-25 May and CND chair Dave Webb will report on No to Nato Network plans and ac
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Join the Human Rights Watch Film Festival for these compelling and intimate documentaries that shine a light on the true, human costs of war.
Law and War: From Martin Luther King to Drone Warfare
Martin Luther King was awarded an honorary law doctorate by Newcastle University in 1967, and in his acceptance address spoke of how law can be used to reduce violence and cultivate pacific practices.